The Feds Keep Prosecuting Protesters Against ICE — and Losing
The Trump administration is on a losing streak against some of its loudest critics, as federal cases targeting opponents of...
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Deportation, Inc.
The most defining feature of Donald Trump’s first year back in office has been the brutality of his deportation machine...
Secretive Georgia Clemency Board Suspends Execution After Its Conflicts of Interest Are Exposed
On the same day the state of Georgia issued a death warrant for Stacey Ian Humphreys, setting his execution for...
Longtime Paid FBI Informant Was Instrumental in Terror Case Against “Turtle Island Liberation Front”
An FBI investigation into an alleged terror plot in Southern California bears the familiar hallmarks of the bureau’s long-running use...
Alabama Begs Supreme Court to Make It Easier to Execute People With Intellectual Disabilities
Alabama Deputy Solicitor general Robert Overing approached the podium at the U.S. Supreme Court on a mission: to convince the...
“Trump Has Appointed Himself Judge, Jury, and Executioner”
In September, The Intercept broke the story of the U.S. military ordering an additional strike on an alleged drug boat...
Pentagon Claims It “Absolutely” Knows Who It Killed in Boat Strikes. Prove It, Lawmaker Says.
After Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson declared the War Department was certain about the identities of supposed drug smugglers killed...
Entire Chain of Command Could Be Held Liable for Killing Boat Strike Survivors, Sources Say
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is under increasing fire for a double-tap strike, first reported by The Intercept in early...
Ukrainian official Yermak resigns as corruption probe encircles Zelenskyy
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that head of the office of the president of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, had written a letter...
This Commission That Regulates Crypto Could Be Just One Guy: An Industry Lawyer
Republicans in the Senate are racing to confirm a lawyer with a long list of crypto industry clients as the...
The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine
A detail view of the badge worn by Matthew Elliston during an ICE hiring event on Aug. 26, 2025, in...
At 17, She Gave Up Her Son. Sixty Years Later, She Found Him on Death Row.
Sandra never knew what happened to the child she had at 17. Growing up in a respected, church-going, middle-class family...
Episode Seven: Dirty Information
In 2004, New York narcotics officers raided Alberta Spruill’s home, shattering her door and detonating a flash grenade. Spruill, a...
Secret Boat Strike Memo Justifies Killings By Claiming the Target Is Drugs, Not People
The Trump administration is promising legal cover for military personnel who carry out lethal attacks on the alleged drug smugglers...
Judge Failed to Disclose Personal Ties to Prosecutor in Two Death Row Cases
From her perch on the witness stand, 81-year-old Fern Smith cast a flinty stare at the defense attorney standing before...
